The career home run record is not given to a player based on whether that player is likable or arrogant or an ACCUSED "cheater." It's in fact not given to anyone at all. It's EARNED by hitting more home runs than anyone else. And WHEN Barry Bonds breaks that record he will have earned the home run king crown. The same as Hank Aaron earned it before him and Babe Ruth before Aaron.

I don't hear anyone saying that Roger Clemens records shouldn't be counted and there's just as much, if not more, circumstantial evidence pointing to Clemens having used some form of performance enhancing drug as there is indicating Bonds' guilt.

To me it's absolute nonsense to only talk about erasing someones records or giving them an "asterisk" when they are going to break some big record. You can't count some stats but not others. Baseball is not a game played in a vacuum. The numbers are what the numbers are, they merely represent what has happened on the field.

It was absolutely retarded when baseball put an asterisk by Roger Maris name in 1961 and it would be beyond ludicrous to put one by Barry Bonds name. Remember Barry Bonds has never tested positive for steroids and has never been found guilty of using steroids. And even if he does test positive in the future or is found guilty by the courts, so what?

Jason Giambi used steroids, he admitted to it, are we going to go back and take away his MVP award? It's just stupid the way baseball fans seem to have latched onto Barry Bonds when so many other players have been (and certainly many still are) involved with performance enhancing drugs. You can't root for the Yankees and then say Barry Bonds should be kicked out of the league or have an asterisk and not be a complete 100% hypocrite. The Yankees (just like every other team in the bigs, I'm sure) have many players who have been involved with PEDs. Why is it OK to still root them on but then to throw syringes at Barry Bonds? Doesn't make no sense. Thus it is, my good friends, nonsense.

Labels: Barry Bonds, New York Yankees, Roger Clemens